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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Here’s how just four satellites could provide worldwide internet | MIT Technology Review

Here’s how just four satellites could provide worldwide internet | MIT Technology Review: In spite of what SpaceX and other companies suggest with projects like Starlink, you don’t need mega-constellations comprising thousands of satellites—and all the aggravations they cause—to provide global internet coverage to the world. We’ve known since the 1980s that if you’re okay with settling for a connection a notch below gamer-quality speeds (about a half-second…

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